WORLD IN BRIEF : KUWAIT : Marines Prepare for Maneuvers
Nearly 2,000 Marines prepared to go ashore in Kuwait, the first of thousands expected to land this week for joint maneuvers meant to show that the United States is ready to defend the oil-rich emirate against Iraqi attack. The maneuvers come amid saber-rattling by Saddam Hussein’s regime: State-run Baghdad Radio repeated that the emirate is part of Iraq. Hussein’s troops invaded Kuwait in August, 1990, and were ousted by a coalition force.
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